Adjustable garment-form.



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ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FORM.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1914.

Application filed November as, 1912. Serial No. 733,252.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, ISAAC LEVIN, a c tizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Gar-- ment-Forms, of which the following is a full, clear,and. exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in garment-forms and has for anobject to provide a form of this character that can be adjusted to suitthe configuration of various female forms, not only as to waist, hip andbust measurements, but also to conform to various abnormal formations,such asunusuall large hips, abdomens, buttocks, shoul er enlargements orthe like. To adapt theform for adjustment at the waist, hip, bust andother portions thereof, I form the same out of sections which are'adjustably connected together, each of said sections being formed outof a plurality of blocks which are connected by a pliable element thatcan be forced, by a slight pressure, outwardly or inwardly to cause thesections to assume a formation out of the ordinary.

A further feature of my invention is a special means for adjusting theform vertically on the support therefor, the said means being preferablyoperated by the foot and located on the base portion of the sup ort forthe form. In connection with the orm I prefer to employ a foldable skirtportion, so that the whole form can be collapsed and greatly reduced inheight and easily packed in a cabinet. To render the hip and bustportions of the form readily adjustable relatively to each other, Ipreferably connect the same so that they can be moved verticallyrelative to each other, that is to say, I provide a waist-section towhich the hip portion is hinged, the bust portion being connected to thewaist section by vertically movable rods.

My invention comprises other details of improvement and the combinationand arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth.

I will now proceed to describe my inventhere tion in detail, the novelfeatures of which I Wlll point out in the appended claims, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, whereinFigure 1 is a front elevation of my improved bust-form; Fig. 2 is a.perspective view showingthe form collapsed and placed in a cabinet; Fig.3 is an enlarged vertical,

sectional view of the form, the section being taken on a line oa in Fig.1 certain parts being shown in elevation; Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional view of the upper end of the support for the form; 'Flg '5 isan enlarged detail view, partly in sec tion, of the adjusting arms forthe lower end of the hip portion; Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan .view ofthe supporting plate or; F i .7 is an enlarged lan view of the hipportlon of the form; liig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view ofone of the hip-portion sections and attached waistband section; Fig.. 9is an enlarged detail rear view of two of the form sections; Fig. 10 isan enlarged fragmentary detail end view of two of the form sections;Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of one of the sectionsshowin the manner-of connecting the blocks to t e pliable strips andalso howing another manner of forming the blocks; Flg. 12 is a detailview showing how the pliable strips can.be curved or forced out of thenormal position; Fig. 13 is a side view of the form, partly broken away,to show the support therefor, the form being shown diagrammatically;Fig. 14 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the releasable clampfor the dress-form support; Fig. 15 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 16 isan elevation thereof; Figs. 17, 18 and 19 'are diagrammatic views ilustratingsome of the various shapes which the form can be caused toassume.

Referring now to the drawings, my improved dress-form comprises atorso-portion A and a skirt. portion B, both of which areadjustably-connected together and mounted upon a supporting means C. Thetorsoportion of my improved form comprises a ust-portion 1 and ahip-portion The bust-portion is made up of a plurality of sections (inthis instance eight) four of which are indicated by 3 and represent theshoulder element; the remaining four, indicated by 4, are the chest andback elements or members. The hip-portion 2 is made up (in thisinstance) of eight members, four ofwhich are indicated by 5 andrepresent the front and back hip members, while 6 indicates theabdominal and buttock members,

8, 9, 10, 11 and 12), which is .pliable so that the sections can beforced out of t eir normal position as shown in Fi .12, and by thedotted lines 9 in Fig. 3. T e element 8 may be made out of lead, acomposite metal,

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able element or strips 8, I employ m'thisor any structure that ispliable, or that can be forced to assume and retain diflerent To securethe blocks 7 to the pliinstance, rivets (10) (Fig. 11) and behind thathead of the rivet 10 which is adjacent .the strips-8, I place a washer11 having a spherical face 12 which permits the strips 8 to bend freelybetween the points of securement to the blocks 7. If desirable theblocks 7 can be rounded as at 13.

A further element of my improved form is a waist portion comprisingapluralit-y of sections 14 (see Fig. 7) there bemg a waist section 14for every hip section. Each waist section 14 carries hinge-jaw members15 between which the eye 16 of a hasp member 17, on an adjacent hipsection is pivoted. Each waist section 14 carries. 'a'j' bracket 18provided with an opening 19 through which a rod 20, carried by anadjacent bust portion section, freely passes. end of each rod 20 ispivotally connected at 21 to its bust-section. By hinging thebustsections and hip-sections together, as above described, I am abletoobtain adjustments which are not possible with the ordinary adjustable.garment-forms. For instance, the diameter of'the lower end of the hipportion can be changed without changingthe dimensions at .thewaist-line. In other words, any of the hip-sections can be movedoutwardly or inwardly independently of each other, or all of them can beso moved at the lower end thereof by the manipulation of adjustingelements or radial arms 22 see Figs. 3 and 5) which I will now describe.Each radially movable arm 22' is secured at one end thereof to a plate23 carried by.

a rod 242, which comprises one of the supporting elements for the form.The outer end of each element 22 is pivotally secured at 25 to a hipsection. The radially movable arms 22 consist (in this instance) of twomembers 26 and 27, each of which is provided with teeth 28. The member27 The upper carrying teeth 33- which engage the teeth 34 of a hub 35 onthe plate 23. A spring 36.-keeps the teeth 33 and 34 normally inengagement. To keep the teeth 28 on the members 26 and 27 normally inengagement,v

I provide a block 37 which straddles the members 26 and 27 and which issecured to the members 27, at 38 as shown. To keep the said teeth 28 inengagement, I preferably employ a leaf-spring 39' which bears 1 upon themember 26 and tends to draw the said members 26 and 27 together, wherebythe teeth 28' are held'in engagement. The spring 39 is secured to asupport 40 carried by'the block 37. Should a hip-section be pulled out,or pushed in, the teeth 28 will jump, whereby the properadjustment'radially can be obtained. Should the required adjustment begreater than the limits of the members 26 and 27 will permit, the rod 29can be adjusted by releasing the setscrew 30. The above describedadjusting.

element'22 can be moved inwardly or outwardly and will automaticallylock itself in the adjusted position. to move 7 the adjustable elementradially with respect to the other adjacent elements of a likecharacter, that is to say, should I desire to move .a hip-sectionsidewise in.

order to center-it withrespect to the adjacent sections, I; would movethe said section to the right-or left, thereby causing the" Should Idesire teeth 33 and 34- to jump and settle in the.

adjusted position, 'in which position they will'remain by 'virtueof thepressure of the spring 36. It will be evident that by reason of thehinged connection of the hip-sections toxthe'waist-section and by reasonof the nature of the adjustable bracing elements or arms 22, I am ableto obtain most any adjustment of the hip-portion'that can be desired,and it should be remembered that the adjustments above described arepossible without in anyway changing the waist dimensions of the form,and furthermore the said adjustments can be obtained under normalconditions without placing the hands within the form. The only time thatit will be necessarv to place the hands within the form will be when theadjustment required is abnormal, at which time the rod 29 will have tobe moved in the member 27. Such instances will, however, be rare.

I will'now describe a further feature ofmy invention, referring again tothe hipportion. Asthe human'form is subject to mean variation, itbecomes necessary to provide a form with some means whereby suchvariations can be met. While there may be, and in fact .is,.- a standardmeasurement for the perfect form, such 'erfect forms are somewhat rare.While it lsa comparatively sim le ,matterto construct a garment form witadjustable elements adapted to change the dimensions of the form to meetthose of the so-called perfect human forms, it is not a simple matter,and I may say it has heretofore been impossible, so far as known to me,to change the curvesuof such garment forms to meet the configurations ofthose human forms which are not perfect with any degree of exactitude.To adapt the form to be changed to meet the above conditions is one ofthe important features of my invention. In order to change the contouror lines of the hip rtion, "I have constructed or built up the sectionsthereof out of the pliably connected or assembled blocks 7 hereinbeforereferred to. Should I desire to increase the hip. contour of the form,as shown in Fig. 17 I would simply force the necessary sectionsoutwardlyat the point where the enlargement is to be produced. Thepliable strips 8 permit the sections to yield at whatever point thepres-.

sure is applied. After having been manipulated, the altered section orsections will.

remain in the changed or adjusted positions, due to the fact that thesupporting elements therefor are pliable and not. elastic or' yieldable.

To sum up my improvement, as applied to the hipportion, I have a hipportion which,

can be enlarger or reduced in d1ameter,atthe lower end thereof, at thesame time retain-I ing the general contour, without changing the .waistmeasurement.

I can also change,

the contour of the said hip portion With-5 out changing any of thediametrical dimensions, or I can do both.

can be changed at will. It will of course, be

apparent that I can change the contour of both the bust and hip portionsif I so desire, as "shown in Figs. 18 and 19, to increase the abdominallines, or the lines of the buttocks, or both. V

Further adjustments of my improved form involve the coiiperation of thesupport 0. While the manipulation of the devices which are employed toincrease the dimensions of the hip and neck portions,'and the devicesthemselves generally are set forth in my previous U. S. Patent No.905,334 of Dec. 1, 1908, I will refer to themsufliciently for a morecomplete understanding of my present invention.

By referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the "element or rod 24 ofthe support 0 has secured thereto a'sleeve 42 rovi ed with right andleftthread 43 an 44, the said threads ,having in engagement therewith nuts45 and 46, respectively, which by means of radial rods 47 and 48, areconnected to the hip-sections. Adjacent'the upper end of 5 the rod 24, Ilocate a longitudinally movable sleeve 49 threads 50 and51 which actuatenuts 52 and provided with right and left 53, respectively, which bymeans of radial rods 54, are connected to the neck sections 55. The rod24 also carries a spring 56 which, at the lower end thereof, rests upona fixed plate 57. The upper end of the ;spring,56 ,tends to force thesleeve 49 upwardly, but 'a hand-wheel 58 acts to prevent the upwardmovement of the said sleeve,

unless the said hand-wheel is actuated for the accomplishment of suchmovement. To

i alterthe hip dimension of the form the rod will-be rotated by means ofthe handiwheel 59, at which time the threaded sleeve 42 will cause thenuts 45 and 46'to approach 1 or recede from eachother. To alter the di-;mensions of the neck the sleeve 49 will be ;rotated by means of thehandle 60, which is 1 secured to said will be manipulated. To shortenthe waistline, the said hand-wheel will be screwed idownwardly on thethreaded portion 61 of the rod 24, which movement will force thebust-portion downwardly against the ten- :sion of the spring 56, Tolengthen the Waist-line the hand-wheel 58 will be screwed upwardly,thereby allowing the reacting spring 56 to force the bust-portion up-,wardly. Whether the bust-portion moves ,upwardly or downwardly,the'pivotal rods :20, carried by the bust-portion, will move gfreely inthe brackets 18 of the waist-sec- Ztions 14. The hand-wheel 58 can belocked iagainst movement by the nut 61*.

. I desire to call the attention of those whom it may concern to thisfeature of my imiprovement, namely, that the bust and hip.

portions are not dlrectly connected together, that is to say, thebust-portion is not by any medium rendered movably connected to the hipportion, but is connected to a waist-section which in turn is, by anentirely separate medium, both in operation and structure connected tothe hip section; Therefore, the said bust and hip sections canbe readilyad- 'justed independently of each other.

j I will now proceed to describe my special means for automaticallyreleasing the connectionbetween the supporting-rod 24, for the form, andthe frame or socket which in turn retains the said rod. In describingthis latter device, Figs. 13, 14, 15 and 16 will be referred to. Thefunction of the above mentioned device is to enable an operator'tofautomatically'release the connection between- To lengthen. or

the rod and support therefor, so that both tubular-support or socket (32which retains tlie'rod24g, is provided with a locking mechanisnr63. Thelocking mechanism 63 (see Fig. 14) consists of a movable table 64 towhich is securedthe upper end of a link 65, the lower end of which isconnected to .a pedal '66' pivotally secured to the base 67 of thesupporting device 0. The table 64 is longitudinally movable upon a,thimble 68 secured to the upper end of the tubular support 62 A key 69is provided to prevent the rotation of the table 64 on the thimble (ESLIn the thimble 68 I rotatably mount a bushing 70, to the upper end ofwhich is secured a collar 71. The collar 71 prevents the bushing 70 frombeing withdrawn from the thimble 68, but does not prevent the rotationthereof. As can be seen in Fig. 14, the rod 2* passes through thebushing 70 and is secured thereto by means of a threaded spindle 72,which passes through one wall of the collar 71 and bushing 70. The outerend' of the spindle 72 carries an arm 73 against which the table willstrike when said table is raised by the depression of the pedal 66. Aspring 74 restores the pedal andtable after the'actuation thereof. Thespindle v72 is kept in contact with the rod 24 by a spring 75. Should Idesire to raise'or lower the form, I would depress the pedal 66,thereby-raising the table (54, which movement would swing the lever 73,whereby the spindle 72 would move away from the rod 24, permitting theform to be raised or lowered. Upon the release of the pedal the tablewould lower, thereby permitting the spring 75 to rotate the spindle 72and causeit to again press against the rod 24, thereby locking the samein the adjusted position. Should the form be rotated, the bushing willrotate with it. v

The foldable shirtportion B preferably employed'in .connection with myimproved garment-form consists of the band members 76, adjustablyconnected as at 77 (Fig. 1) and the vertical strip members 78, whicharepivot-ally secured to the band members as at 7 9, the skirt portionbeing adapted for folding as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be noted thatthe strips 8 used in my garment-form are shapedinto a frame normally conforming to the configuration of a standardfigure, and to these strips the blocks 7 are secured to complete theform.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure .byLetters Patcut is:

1. A garment-form comprising a bustportion consisting of a plurality ofsections curedto said pliable element independently of each other, andmeans for adjustably con necting. saidsectlons. I r 2. A. garment formcomprlsing' a bustportion consisting of a plurality of sections,

sections, an independent waist-portion consisting of a plurality ofsectlons, a pivotal oint connecting each hip-section with an adjacentwaist-section, a rod pivotally connected toeach bust-section, and meanscarried by each waist-section adapted to engage an adjacent rod.

3. A garment-form comprising a plural ity of bust-sections, a-pluralityof hip-sections, and a I plurality of waist-sections, means forpivotallyconnecting each hip-section with an adjacent waist-section, and meansforpivotally mounting said bust-sections on said waist-sections.

4:. In combination, a garment-form, a sup-- port therefor, a retainerfor said support, a

base for said retainer, a threaded spindle carried by said retaineradaptedto impinge upon said support, and means carried by said baseadapted to actuate said spindle.

5. In combination, a garment-form, a support therefor, a retainer forsaid support, a base for said retainer, a threaded spindle carried bysaid retainer, an arm carried by said spindle, a vertically movabletable adapted to actuate said arm, and means carried by said baseadapted to actuate said table.

, 6. In combination, a garment-form, a support therefor, a retainer forsaid support, a base for said retainer, a threaded spindle carried bysaid retainer, an arm carried by said spindle, a vertically movabletable.

adapted to actuate said arm, a pedal carried by said base, and a linkconnecting said table and-said pedal.

7. A garment-form, comprising a plural-- ity of bust-sections, aplurality of waist-sections and a plurality of hip-sections hinged tosaid Waist-sections, a bracket carried by each of said waist-sections,and a rod pivotally secured at its upper end, to each of saidbust-sections and adapted to slidably engage a bracket on an adjacentwaist-section.

8. A garment-form consisting of a plurality of sections adjustablyconnected, each section consisting of a plurality of juxtaposed blocksarranged in parallelism, and a pliable element connecting said blocks.

9. A arment form consisting of a pluyieldably connected blocks arrangedin parallelism.

"a. hip portion also comprising a plurality of vrality 0 sections, eachsection consistin of a plurality of juxtaposed separated ahned 10. Agarment-form comprising sections connecting the blocks and the pliableelemade up of a plurality of rigid blocks conment. 10 nected together inparallelism with pliable Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 22 strips.day of November, 1912.

11. A garment-form comprising a plu- ISAAC LEVIN. rality of separatedrounded juxtaposed Witnesses: ri id blocks, a pliable element connectingEDWARD A. JARVIS,

said blocks in parallelism, and means for MA RICE BLOCK.

